{"id":188351,"date":"2025-12-17T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188351\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T14:20:10","slug":"jack-black-paid-loving-tribute-to-incredible-inspiration-rob-reiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188351\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Black Paid Loving Tribute to ‘Incredible Inspiration’ Rob Reiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJack Black<\/a> took a moment during his visit to Late Night With Seth Meyers<\/a> on Tuesday night (Dec. 16) to pay tribute to late Hollywood legend Rob Reiner. Just days after Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner were found in their Los Angeles home after police say they were stabbed to death<\/a> \u2014\u00a0the couple\u2019s 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder<\/a> in the case \u2014\u00a0Black said he would \u201cfeel weird\u201d if he didn\u2019t talk about Reiner\u2019s influence on his career.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t really want to talk about anything other than Rob Reiner because he was such an incredible inspiration to me,\u201d said Black of the producer\/writer\/director and actor who began his nearly 60-year career on Normal Lear\u2019s landmark All in the Family sitcom before going on to direct such beloved films as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally\u2026, A Few Good Men and modern other classics.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere is no Tenacious D without Spinal Tap,\u201d Black said of the profound influence Reiner\u2019s directing debut about a hapless group of heavy metal has-beens had on his bombastic, joketastic hard rock duo with partner Kyle Gass. \u201cAnd anyone out here, any of the young millennials that haven\u2019t seen Spinal Tap do yourself a favor. There\u2019s no School of Rock without Spinal Tap,\u201d Black noted of his beloved 2003 comedy about a school teacher\/frustrated rocker who whips a group of fifth graders into a proper rock back for a crucial Battle of the Bands competition to raise rent money.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love so many of his movies. It\u2019s like an incredible oeuvre of films that he made. What a genius,\u201d Black added of the much-praised and beloved second-generation Hollywood talent who was also a die-hard supporter of many charitable causes and loud and proud liberal activist who supported same-sex marriage after California passed Prop 8, which banned it in the state, and who also helped chair the campaign to create early childhood development services funded by a tax on tobacco products in the state.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI just wanted to really quick give a shout-out to one of the biggest inspirations of my life and send love to the universe to one of the greats. He brought so much joy,\u201d Black said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe joined a massive list of political, entertainment and public figures who paid homage<\/a> to Reiner following what appears to be the shocking alleged double parricide, a list that includes such friends and contemporaries as Albert Brooks, close friend Billy Crystal, Paul McCartney, Larry David, Jamie Lee Curtis, Princess Bride star Cary Elwes, Stephen King, Jerry Seinfeld, Howard Stern, former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden and hundreds of others.<\/p>\n

\n\tNot included on that list is Donald Trump, whose initial post on Reiner\u2019s death he claimed was \u201creportedly\u2026 due to the anger he caused others,\u201d blaming the tragic incident on what he deemed \u201cTrump Derangement Syndrome,\u201d an apparent reference to Reiner\u2019s loud and frequent criticism of the president. The comments drew angry rebukes from a number of Reiner fans, with Gracie Abrams decrying Trump\u2019s \u201cpoisonous & vile narcissism<\/a>,\u201d Jimmy Kimmel, who slammed Trump\u2019s comments as \u201chateful and vile<\/a>\u201d and Jack White, who dubbed Trump\u2019s dark eulogy as \u201cvile\u201d and \u201cnarcissistic<\/a>.<\/a>\u201c<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tDuring his visit, Black also reminisced about hosting Saturday Night Live 20 years ago on the episode that featured Lonely Island\u2019s breakthrough viral video, \u201cLazy Sunday,\u201d a song Black said he remembered Beck calling \u201ca legit banger.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAnd I was like, \u2018yeah it is,\u2019 and that\u2019s when I knew these guys were, you know, for real,\u201d Black said of the trio comprised of lifelong friends Andy Samberg and director\/writers Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer. Black can be seen in the new remake of the 1997 Jennifer Lopez\/Ice Cube camp horror classic Anaconda alongside pal Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, Thandie Newton and Selton Mello, which is out on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Black on Late Night below.<\/p>\n


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